This is a general question...
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2006-07-20 15:32:52 · 13 answers · asked by Kimberly 6 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
They don't know the truth.
The truth is too hard to face.
The truth can hurt.
On the other hand, look at all the truths we face ever day. For instance: just to keep living we must face all the facts that keep us alive and not hurting ourselves or others; things like not trying to defy the laws of nature.
2006-07-20 15:56:09 · answer #1 · answered by quaver 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The truth of what. That's the question you should ask. Avoiding truth, the reason for it, is self evident. Why avoid this specific truth, that may be a mystery. And here we are in psychology.
But is avoidance the only hypothesis to test? No. Self estrangement, the alienation of self from self, self conditioning self to forget, habitual forgetting or memory failure, that is unconscious, has become unconscious.
see Sigmund Freud
2006-07-20 15:55:08 · answer #2 · answered by Psyengine 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People avoid truth for so many reasons
They fear it, they don't wanna get hurt, they don't want it to interfere with what they think or believe, they are scared of the changes that they cannot handle..
Come to think of it truth isn't scary we just have to live by it.. We are living it the only thing we have to do is accept it.. Truth and reality can be really scary and intimidating but that's the spice of life.. :)
2006-07-20 16:11:44 · answer #3 · answered by *rocker chic* 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The truth is generally ugly to most people. We prefer to live lives that reflect our beliefs and world views. We don't like to see the truth of things as they are.
(For example, there probably is no god, heaven, or hell. As such, most people become absolutely violent if you suggest such a thing.)
2006-07-20 15:38:02 · answer #4 · answered by dgrhm 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Those that do think that the truth is too scary and intimidating. They live in a wonderful place where almost nothing can go wrong.
2006-07-20 15:38:37 · answer #5 · answered by John 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually the truth isn't what they like to hear.
2006-07-20 16:51:00 · answer #6 · answered by dirtytabs 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Simply because, truth hurts...doesnt it?
especially if what you had did is morally wrong in the eyes of the other people...
2006-07-20 15:37:57 · answer #7 · answered by rush 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the truth is never enough. reality hurts.
2006-07-20 15:47:05 · answer #8 · answered by oribyte 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Weak character
2006-07-20 15:36:03 · answer #9 · answered by Adios 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The truth is hard to recognize, and/or accept.
2006-07-20 15:38:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋